ABOUT GWP CHINA

The GWP China's vision is to promote the IWRM in China and facilitate the realization of the drinking water safety, flood control safety, food security and ecological security and the harmonious development of economy and society.

HOW WE ACT

Regarding the strategic goals towards 2020, GWP China has accomplished the rational allocation and efficient utilization and protection of water resources and promoted the sustainable utilization of water resources and resources- saving and harmonious environment through facilitating the implementation of SDG water related goals and the IWRM.

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AS OUR PARTNERS

Partners are the basis on which the network of GWP China and GWP China Provincial Partnerships has been constructed for over ten years.As our partner, you will be different from an informal connection to GWP China, with many benefits and advantages to working closely with and benefiting from the support of the GWP network and its Partner constituents.

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

The Work Package 5 goes to Shiyang River Basin in Gansu Province that has a mature market of water rights. Back to 2013, it was the first time that the State Council set up the trading system of water rights in China. The Central Government and MWR have indorsed the application of this system. The trading system of Shiyang River Basin has a complete mechanism for water rights exchange. The case study can reveal a whole picture of the current water rights trading system and its lessons learnt regarding barriers, challenges and effective methods in the process of utilizing the system. The case and tour study would help policymakers from other provinces or river basins cognize the first-hand experiences and direct outcome/benefit of the market-based instrument, i.e. water use efficiency.

The Chinese Centre Government has kept promoting large application of the water rights market/trading system after its establishment. It can help address the challenge of water shortage in most provinces/regions suffered by drought.

Shiyang River Basin is a pioneer in this field. As early as in 2013, it set up water right trading system that is one of the first comers that applied the water trading system in China. It has implemented “the Integrated Restoration Plan of Shiyang River Basin” for four years. To date, Shiyang River Basin has a comprehensive system, including water right allocation, water use accounting, water price, water right trading agreement, and an online water right trading platform.

The case of water right market in Shiyang River Basin is a practical lesson to other provinces or basins for an overall knowledge of barriers and challenges in this regard, as well as the outcome and benefit of the market-oriented instrument.

Outputs:·Experiences and lessons from the water right trading practices in Shiyang River Basin;·Support to China’s strategy of building up the water right market and trading system;·Optimal methods for water governance in China.